Farzanna S Haffizulla MD, FACP, FAMWA
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Nova Southeastern University’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine; National President of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) 2014–2015; Private Practice, Internal Medicine, Davie, FloridaDr. Farzanna Haffizulla practices general internal medicine in Davie, Florida, within her own internal medicine concierge practice. Her practice allows her to offer office visits, house calls, and telemedicine to her patients with an innovative, creative approach which allows her to fuse traditional clinical practice with technology.
Dr. Haffizulla is a Founding Team Member and Former Assistant Dean, Community and Global Health at Nova Southeastern University’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. She now serves as Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at NSU's DR. Kiran C. Patel College of Osetopathic Medicine.
Dr. Haffizulla is the 2014–2015 national President of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), and she served as the South Florida AMWA branch President and was one of its founding officers. She is involved on many levels with AMWA, including being the Chair and Founder for AMWA’s Preventive Medicine Task Force, and founder of AMWA’s Fellowship program.
In addition to being a nationally recognized speaker and expert on work–life balance, Dr. Haffizulla speaks nationally on improving cohesion among healthcare organizations and physicians. She is the on-camera show host, anchor, and medical correspondent for the nationwide health program, Mission Critical Health.
She currently teaches honors organic chemistry to the premed seniors at American Heritage School, and she is an affiliate Clinical Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University and a voluntary Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami.
Dr. Haffizulla completed medical school at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Her residency training was at the Cleveland Clinic Florida and at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio; she is board-certified in internal medicine. Her clinical interests include diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab for Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
- Neoadjuvant Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab Plus Chemotherapy Versus T-DM1 and Pertuzumab in HER2+ Breast Cancer
- Human Endogenous Retrovirus and Efficacy of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Precision Immunotherapy for Urothelial Carcinoma
- Biomarkers in Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Pazopanib for Patients With VHL Disease
- Bone Supportive Therapy and Radium-223 for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer
- EarlyR Prognostic Score for Risk Stratification of HR+ Breast Cancer